Ben C wrote: > I'm as baffled as you, even more so its implication:
There is no implication whatsoever. Whether immutable objects are recycled by the compiler or not is totally implementation dependent, and an irrelevant implementation detail. Since they can't be mutated, whether their identity is shared with other objects in other contexts is never significant. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM, Y!M erikmaxfrancis Little things / Cut like knives / Hurt and sting -- Anggun -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list